Word: pointed
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...Keep Your Fingers Crossed When bubbles finally do burst, recent history has shown, they tend to do so with a bang. Is China, in fact, now at the end of its real estate boom? Many are not convinced. They point to a couple of factors that make China's situation different from that of the U.S. The first is that the real estate sector is nowhere near as reliant on debt financing as it is in the U.S. and much of the rest of the developed world. Consider the complex in which Yang, the cabbie, bought one of his three...
...mindset,” Rosekrans said. “A new day meant a clean slate. We knew it would be a huge deal if we won because they’re only a few spots behind us in the rankings. [The win] came at a crucial point in the season. It really boosted our morale...
...addition to surrendering the doubles point, Harvard fell in the No. 2 singles position, 6-4, 6-2, and in the No. 5 position...
...It’s extremely important that we consistently secure the doubles point,” Rosekrans said. “We haven’t mastered that this season, and it was one of our strengths in previous years. We start the Ivy season earlier than the other schools, so in that sense we should have an advantage. Last year, we were Ivy League co-champions [with Princeton]. This time around, we’re hoping to win the title outright...
...Executive Order is better than nothing and I have every assurance it will stand." After the bill passed, Republicans tried to challenge it by bringing up Stupak's own arguments against it. Democrats responded dramatically by bringing up Stupak himself to defend the passage of the law. At one point, as he argued for the new health care legislation, a member of the House shouted out, "Baby killer." (See Amy Sullivan on the White House Executive Order that won Stupak over...